Guided meditations
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2026
- Day 9 Guided Meditation - Knowing
Delson guides a sitting that points to objectless awareness, a luminous knowing that is not an object and is not a thinking mind.
- Sutta 8.31 Generosity Challenge Benefits of Giving w/w Guided Dana Recollection meditation by Delson
Delson guides a short recollection of one's own generosity drawn from AN 6.10, then reads AN 8.31 and explains its eight motivations for giving.
- Day 3 High Altitude Retreat - "Liberation" & a Guided Meditation in "Knowingness"
Delson explains liberation as an ongoing practice rather than a one-time event, and describes the three gates of liberation (signless, undirected, empty) as a way past object-based…
- 5-Minute Guided Gratitude Meditation for Happiness 😊 | by Delson Armstrong
Delson leads a five-minute guided gratitude practice with eyes open, starting with relaxing the body and then silently saying thank you for the body, senses, people and everyday supports.
- Day 1 Guided Metta Meditation with Instructions -Retreat June 4-14th 2026
Delson leads a guided metta meditation for retreat students, beginning with posture, a body scan and a smile.
2025
- How to Face Death with Peace: A Guided Journey with Delson Armstrong
Delson leads a guided meditation that opens with a body scan and loving kindness, extending it outward from the self to the room, the campus and the whole planet.
- Powerful Death Meditation to Find Ultimate Peace-Delson Armstrong
Delson leads a guided meditation that begins with a body scan and loving-kindness, extended from the listener outward to the room, the planet and infinite space.
- Guided Exploration: Finding Your Own Buddha-Nature. Dharma Himalaya Session 02 with Delson Armstrong
Delson answers a series of questions about whether the Buddha is always in nibbana, what Buddha nature means, what Tathagata means, and whether the Buddha was superhuman.
- Dissolve the 5 Aggregates: Using Guided Loving-Kindness Meditation
Delson leads a guided sitting that begins with relaxing the body and generating loving-kindness for oneself, then for everyone in the room, then for all beings in every direction…
- Dissolve the 5 Aggregates - Using Guided Loving-Kindness Meditation
Delson leads a guided sitting that begins with relaxing the body and building loving-kindness toward oneself, then extends it through the room, in all directions, to beings in other realms…
- Mumbai Retreat February 2025 | Day 8 - Five Aggregates Guided Meditation
Delson leads a guided sit that begins with relaxing the body and developing loving-kindness, first toward oneself and then extended outward to others in the room, the city, all directions…
2024
- Guided Metta Meditation -Beginner-Excellent TWIM Starter 30 min
Delson leads a 30-minute guided loving-kindness (metta) meditation as an introduction to the TWIM approach.
- Sept 2024 TWIM Retreat Orientation: Metta Instructions with a Guided Meditation and Instructions.
Delson leads a guided loving-kindness (metta) meditation for participants of a TWIM retreat, then gives orientation instructions for the retreat.
- Guided Meditation 6 sets 6 -Unique Way of letting go of the links
Delson leads a guided meditation that uses his abbreviated version of the six sets of six from MN148, which he names as the sutta behind it.
- DO Series - Guided Meditation 6 sets 6 & Nibbana Explained
Delson guides a short meditation: loving-kindness to settle the mind, then an abbreviated version of the six sets of six from MN 148, moving through eye, ear, nose, tongue, body and mind…
- Guided Meditation -Letting go of the 5 Aggregates with Delson Armstrong at the DO Conf.
Delson leads a guided meditation that opens with loving-kindness toward oneself and then radiates it in all directions, from the room out to the world and beyond.
- Forgiveness Meditation Instructions
Delson gives instructions for a forgiveness meditation.
- Forgiveness Meditation Instructions - Short
Delson gives short instructions for a forgiveness meditation.
- Guided Meditation -Letting go of the 5 Aggregates with Delson Armstrong at the DO Conference
Delson leads a guided meditation that begins with loving-kindness, first to oneself, then radiated outward in each direction and through the realms until it fills the room, the city and…
2023
- Day 7: Guided Meditation on the 5 Aggregates
Delson leads a guided sitting that begins with loving-kindness toward oneself, radiates it in all directions and into the lower and higher realms, and then turns to the five aggregates.
- Day 1: Introduction and Meditation Instructions
Delson opens a retreat by explaining the basic practice: there is no goal, the aim is a light heart and mind, and a smile.
- Day 7: Guided Meditation on the Five Aggregates
Delson leads a guided sit that begins with loving-kindness, starting with a feeling of warmth toward oneself and then radiating it to all beings in each direction, up and down, and out…
- Day 1: Introduction and Meditation Instructions
Delson gives day-one instructions for a noble silence retreat built around metta.
- Guided Loving Kindness Meditation by Delson Armstrong
Delson guides a 30-minute loving-kindness meditation.
- Loving Kindness Guided mediation for 60 min (Audio only) by Delson Armstrong
Delson leads a 60-minute guided loving-kindness (metta) meditation with no talk or teaching section.
- Day 1 Metta Lovingkindness Meditation Instructions with Delson Armstrong
Delson gives beginner instructions for metta (loving-kindness) meditation on the first day of a retreat.
- Guided Meditation Lovingkindness and Letting go of the 5 Aggregates
Delson leads a guided sitting that begins with loving-kindness (metta) toward oneself and radiates it in all directions.
2022
- Deerpark Retreat Day 6 'Mental Proliferation' & Guided Meditation w/Delson Armstrong
Delson reads and explains two suttas on how the sense of "I" feeds mental proliferation: the Madhupindika Sutta (MN 18), where contact, feeling, perception and thinking are traced to…
- A 'Mind without Craving' and a LIVE Meditation Experiment -Conversations with Delson Armstrong
In this FitMind podcast interview, Delson Armstrong explains what he means by "a mind without craving": a mind free of mental suffering, though it still feels bodily pain, and which he…
- Guided Forgiveness Meditation by Delson Armstrong
Delson leads a guided forgiveness meditation.
2021
- Guided Loving Kindness Meditation 2 by Delson Armstrong (with Alpha Binaural Beat)
Delson leads a guided loving-kindness meditation of about thirty minutes.